| Making Realism Work: Realist Social Theory and Empirical Research Contributor(s): Carter, Bob (Editor), New, Caroline (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415300614 ISBN-13: 9780415300612 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: In this innovative book, theorists and researchers from various social science disciplines explore the potential of realist social theory for empirical research. The examples are drawn from a wide range of fields health and medicine, crime, housing, sociolinguistics, development theory and deal with issues such as causality, probability, and reflexivity in social science. Varied and lively contributions relate central methodological issues to detailed accounts of research projects which adopt a realist framework. "Making" "Realism Work" provides an accessible discussion of a significant current in contemporary social science and will be of interest to social theorists and social researchers alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Methodology - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 301.01 |
| LCCN: 2004046852 |
| Series: Critical Realism: Interventions (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.34" W x 9.46" (0.98 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this innovative book, theorists and researchers from various social science disciplines explore the potential of realist social theory for empirical research. The examples are drawn from a wide range of fields health and medicine, crime, housing, sociolinguistics, development theory and deal with issues such as causality, probability, and reflexivity in social science. Varied and lively contributions relate central methodological issues to detailed accounts of research projects which adopt a realist framework. Making Realism Work provides an accessible discussion of a significant current in contemporary social science and will be of interest to social theorists and social researchers alike. |